Albert Maysles (1926–2015)

Cinematographer | Director | Producer

Albert Maysles was born on November 26, 1926 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a ...

Born: November 26, 1926
Died: March 5, 2015 (age 88)

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Filmography

Known For

Grey Gardens Cinematographer (1975)
Salesman Cinematographer (1969)
Gimme Shelter Cinematographer (1970)
Known For

Soldiers of Music Cinematographer (1991)
Director

Bob Dylan: License to Kill (2021)
Bob Dylan: Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight (Version 2) (2021)
In Transit (2015)
Iris (2014)
The Secret of Trees (2013)
Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas (2012)
The Love We Make (2011)
More Than a Paycheck: Mitchum Presents America's Hardest Workers (2010)
Rufus Wainwright: Milwaukee at Last!!! (2009)
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (2009)
30 for 30 (2009)
Close Up: Portraits (2008)
The Addiction Project (2007)
Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness (2007)
The Gates (2007)
Addiction (2007)
The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
Time Piece (2006)
This Is an Adventure (2005)
With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles (2001)
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001)
Gimme Shelter: Outtakes (2000)
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (1997)
Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (1996)
Conversations with the Rolling Stones (1994)
Umbrellas (1994)
Sports Ilustrated: Swimsuit '92 (1992)
Baroque Duet (1992)
America Undercover (1992)
Soldiers of Music (1991)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991)
Christo in Paris (1990)
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989)
Islands (1987)
Horowitz Plays Mozart (1987)
Ozawa (1985)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985)
Bob Dylan: Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight (Original Version) (1983)
Muhammad and Larry (1980)
Running Fence (1977)
Six American Families (1976)
Grey Gardens (1975)
Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Salesman (1969)
MGM 1967 Promo Reel (1967)
Orson Welles in Spain (1966)
With Love from Truman (1966)
Meet Marlon Brando (1966)
Cut Piece (1965)
IBM: A Self-Portrait (1964)
The Delegate (1964)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964)
Showman (1963)
ABC Close-Up! (1961)
Youth in Poland (1957)
Director

Psychiatry in Russia (1955)
Producer

Poet against Prejudice (2014)
A President to Remember (2008)
Scapegoat on Trial (2007)
The Gates (2007)
Conversations with the Rolling Stones (1994)
America Undercover (1992)
American Masters (1989)
Grey Gardens (1975)
Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)
Salesman (1969)
Orson Welles in Spain (1966)
With Love from Truman (1966)
Cut Piece (1965)
IBM: A Self-Portrait (1964)
Showman (1963)
Producer

Opening in Moscow (1959)
Writer

Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (1997)
Cinematographer

Independent Lens (2005-2015)
In Transit (2015)
Iris (2014)
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (2014)
Keith Haring & the Moving Mural (2013)
The Secret of Trees (2013)
One Night Stand (2011)
The Love We Make (2011)
More Than a Paycheck: Mitchum Presents America's Hardest Workers (2010)
Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (2009)
30 for 30 (2009)
South of the Border (2009)
Four Seasons Lodge (2008)
Close Up: Portraits (2008)
Soul Power (2008)
A President to Remember (2008)
Self-Portrait with Cows Going Home and Other Works: A Portrait of Sylvia Plachy (2008)
A Case of Mistaken Identity? (2008)
Scapegoat on Trial (2007)
Close-Up: Photographers at Work (2007)
Sally Gross: The Pleasure of Stillness (2007)
The Gates (2007)
The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
When the Road Bends... Tales of a Gypsy Caravan (2006)
Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story (2006)
Coffee Beans for a Life - Mein Überleben in Kolbuszowa (2005)
Pretty Things (2005)
Stolen (2005)
This Is an Adventure (2005)
Sean O'Casey: Under a Coloured Cap (2005)
Capital: Impressions of Early Empire (2004)
In Good Conscience: Sister Jeannine Gramick's Journey of Faith (2004)
A Dog's Life: A Dogamentary (2004)
The Jeff Koons Show (2004)
Stages: Three Days in Mexico - Britney Spears (2002)
Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances (2002)
With the Filmmaker: Portraits by Albert Maysles (2001)
The Paris Review: Early Chapters (2001)
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (2001)
Gimme Shelter: Outtakes (2000)
Concert of Wills: Making the Getty Center (1997)
Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (1996)
Dem deutschen Volke (1996)
When We Were Kings (1996)
Umbrellas (1994)
Baroque Duet (1992)
America Undercover (1992)
Let the Good Times Roll: A Film About the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (1992)
Soldiers of Music (1991)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991)
Christo in Paris (1990)
Making of the Sports Illustrated 25th Anniversary Swimsuit Issue (1989)
Jessye Norman Sings Carmen (1989)
Islands (1987)
Shake!: Otis at Monterey (1987)
Horowitz Plays Mozart (1987)
Jimi Plays Monterey (1986)
Ozawa (1985)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985)
Muhammad and Larry (1980)
Running Fence (1977)
The Grateful Dead (1977)
Grey Gardens (1975)
Christo's Valley Curtain (1974)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Salesman (1969)
Emergency (1968)
Monterey Pop (1968)
A Journey to Jerusalem (1968)
Orson Welles in Spain (1966)
With Love from Truman (1966)
Meet Marlon Brando (1966)
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland (1965)
Six in Paris (1965)
IBM: A Self-Portrait (1964)
The Delegate (1964)
What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964)
Showman (1963)
On the Pole (1960)
Integration Report I (1960)
Primary (1960)
ABC Close-Up! (1960)
Cinematographer

Youth in Poland (1957)
Psychiatry in Russia (1955)
Camera and Electrical Department

That Summer (2017)
The 50 Year Argument (2014)
Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story (2006)
Stolen (2005)
This Is an Adventure (2005)
Independent Lens (2005)
Ilona, Upstairs (2004)
On Common Ground (2001)
Celia Cruz and the Fania Allstars in Africa (1974)
B.B. King: Live in Africa (1974)
Janis (1974)
Camera and Electrical Department

Great Performances (1971)
All Eyes on Sharon Tate (1966)
Primary (1960)
Archive footage

Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance (2016)
The Oscars (2016)
Get All That, Ant? (2015)
The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015)
Archive footage

Theater Talk (2015)
Great Performances (1993)
Additional Crew

Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (2011)
My So-Called Enemy (2010)
Additional Crew

Grey Gardens (2009)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Editor

With Love from Truman (1966)
Editor

IBM: A Self-Portrait (1964)

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Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Another 28 wins & 15 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 654-659 (under "Albert and David Maysles"). New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.

Quotes

I think my training taught me above all to be unprejudiced. Psychology was social science and so in a way my work has always combined a kind of scientific approach with art.